Weclome to the Seder

Nissan, 5784

Tonight is a tumble of words,
A tumult of words,
Sweet words, loud words,
Harsh words, quiet words,
Calm words,
Word after word after word.

This is how Jews know
The world, through words,
And more words, and God’s
Words, Moshe’s words, 
Rabbi’s words,
Your words, my words,
Our words into the world.

Tonight is a torrent of words,
We add words to the holy words,
Dialogue, dispute,
Conversation, contention, 
Words that create the world.
Tonight our words and tangents
And detours carve out our past,
Our future, this world
And the next world.

May the words and mediations
Of our heart please the Infinite
One, who with a word brought
About the world.

May we share in the Infinite One’s
Wholeness of Being.

Praises to You, Lord,
Master of the Cosmos,
Who had sustained us,
Maintained us,
Brought us
To this night,
To this seder.